On 31 July, a protocol of agreement was signed between DREAM and the Guinean army in Conakry, at the management base of the Army Health Services, in Samory Touré camp. General Bailo Diallo, Defence Minister, signed the agreement on behalf of the army.

The agreement paves the way for the enrolment of dozens of HIV-positive soldiers on the DREAM programme in the coming weeks, to start receiving antiretroviral treatment.

At the same time, DREAM has undertaken to form health personnel belonging to the army, in view of the launching of a treatment service in the military hospitals of the capital.

A number of army doctors and nurses have already embarked on a formation course and practical placements at the DREAM centre itself.